The perfect stocking-stuffer for the kids: Cracking-smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford shows off his bobblehead likeness at Toronto City Hall, where about 300 people lined up to buy the "Robbie Bobbie" dolls for $20 each. The bobbleheads sold out within hours. Proceeds went to the United Way.

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A French 'Hangover': Usually a night of heavy drinking followed by kidnapping livestock ends badly, but not in Bordeaux, France. On Halloween, five inebriated young men abducted a llama they dubbed Serge from a circus and took him for a walk and a ride in a streetcar. Eventually, the animal was returned to the circus. The circus' director filed a complaint, but changed his mind, instead inviting the kidnappers to reunite with their "victim."

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Desperate survivors: At the airport in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, hungry Filipinos queue up for relief supplies. The Philippines faced a daunting recovery effort as bloated bodies remain uncollected and uncounted in the streets.

Don't forget to duck when you stand up after she takes your picture, young man. You could quack your skull. (Beijing.)

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Magpies in the sky: At the Australian Masters in Melbourne, Brad Shilton scores back-to-back birdies.

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A long row across the pond: Quebec rower Mylene Paquette waves flares in celebration as she arrives in Lorient,
France, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Paquette, the first North American woman to row solo across the
North Atlantic, left Halifax just over four months ago in a specially designed 7.3-meter boat.